A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit

A rare case of unilateral orbital schwannoma arising from the infraorbital nerve is presented. An excision biopsy with complete removal of the mass in the inferior orbit was performed. A definitive diagnosis was made on histopathological examination. The clinical and histological features of schwann...

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Autores principales: Garg, Rajiv, Dhawan, Anuradha, Gupta, Noopur, D′souza, P
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974528
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author Garg, Rajiv
Dhawan, Anuradha
Gupta, Noopur
D′souza, P
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description A rare case of unilateral orbital schwannoma arising from the infraorbital nerve is presented. An excision biopsy with complete removal of the mass in the inferior orbit was performed. A definitive diagnosis was made on histopathological examination. The clinical and histological features of schwannoma are discussed. A need for early removal of such tumors is recommended to prevent complications.
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spelling pubmed-26129762009-02-10 A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit Garg, Rajiv Dhawan, Anuradha Gupta, Noopur D′souza, P Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication A rare case of unilateral orbital schwannoma arising from the infraorbital nerve is presented. An excision biopsy with complete removal of the mass in the inferior orbit was performed. A definitive diagnosis was made on histopathological examination. The clinical and histological features of schwannoma are discussed. A need for early removal of such tumors is recommended to prevent complications. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2612976/ /pubmed/18974528 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communication
Garg, Rajiv
Dhawan, Anuradha
Gupta, Noopur
D′souza, P
A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
title A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
title_full A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
title_fullStr A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
title_short A rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
title_sort rare case of benign isolated schwannoma in the inferior orbit
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974528
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